#4A72BB#4A72BB

#4A72BB is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.123 H 261.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A72BB
RGB	rgb(74, 114, 187)
HSL	hsl(219, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(219, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 39%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.36, 8.71, -42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.36, 43.56, 281.53°)
OKLab	oklab(55.75% -0.018 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(55.75% 0.123 261.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8079, 17.0768, 49.3618)
Luminance	0.1708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A72BB #BB934A

analogous

#4AAABB #4A72BB #5A4ABB

triadic

#4A72BB #BB4A72 #72BB4A

tetradic

#4A72BB #BB4AAA #BB934A #4ABB5A

square

#4A72BB #BB4AAA #BB934A #4ABB5A

split-complementary

#4A72BB #BB5A4A #AABB4A

monochromatic

#263C65 #375791 #4A72BB #7695CC #A3B7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#4A72BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#4A72BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A72BB

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A72BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A72BB	1.00	4.76	4.42	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5378BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#436EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00828D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a72bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 114, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.123 261.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#869ad0',
    500: '#4a72bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a72bb;
$custom-light: #869ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a72bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.761,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5575,
    "c": 0.12253,
    "h": 261.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A72BB

secondary

#C9B897

accent

#A753D5

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A72BB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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